Agency Challenges Harassment and Retaliation Across the Country WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed seven lawsuits this week against various employers charging them with harassment, and also announced a major resolution of a harassment lawsuit. This […]

Marion’s Cleaners Fired Hispanic Employee for Opposing Verbal and Physical Abuse Based on Her Race and National Origin, Agency Says NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans-based Mariam Enterprises, doing business as Marion’s Cleaners in Metairie, La., violated federal law by subjecting […]

Pilot Repeatedly Posted Sexually Explicit Photos of Flight Attendant On the Internet, Federal Agency Charges SAN ANTONIO, Texas – United Airlines, Inc., an international airline operating in over 300 airports across five continents, violated federal law by subjecting a female […]

Petro-Chemical Contractor Fired Brothers Because of Their Blood Disorder, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – A Beaumont manufacturing company has agreed to pay $135,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its Executive Leadership Training Conference (ELTC) on Oct. 29-31 at the Boar’s Head Resort Educational Campus in Charlottesville, Va., the federal agency announced today. This year’s ELTC is designed […]

State University Hired 23-Year-Old Over Former Employee With 25 Years of Experience, Federal Agency Charges MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System violated federal law when it refused to hire a former longtime employee because of her age, the […]

Poultry Supplier Pays $3.75 Million to Class of Hispanic Workers BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Koch Foods, one of the largest poultry suppliers in the world, will pay $3,750,000 and furnish other relief to settle a class employment discrimination lawsuit filed by […]

Staffing Agency and Manufacturer Denied Accommodations to Long-Term Temporary Worker with Kidney Condition, then Fired Him, Federal Agency Charges BUFFALO, NY – Remedy Intelligent Staffing, LLC (Remedy), a California-based staffing firm, and Lornamead, Inc. (Lornamead), a manufacturer headquartered in New […]

Male and Female Employees were Subjected to Harassment, Says Federal Agency LOS ANGELES / FRESNO — The U.S. District Court approved a consent decree between Alorica, Inc. and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $3.5 million and […]

UPS Freight’s Policy of Paying Disabled Drivers Less Violates Federal Law, Court Rules ST. LOUIS – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for District of Kansas ruled on July 27, 2018, that UPS Freight violated federal law by […]